Produced by Bryan Ness, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) The Birds of Washington Of this work in all its editions 1250 copies have been printed and the plates destroyed. Of the Original Edition 350 copies have been printed and bound, of which this copy is No._298_. [Illustration: HEPBURN’S LEUCOSTICTE MALE, ⅚ LIFE SIZE From a Water-color Painting by Allan Brooks] THE BIRDS OF WASHINGTON A COMPLETE, SCIENTIFIC AND POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE 372 SPECIES OF BIRDS FOUND IN THE STATE BY WILLIAM LEON DAWSON, A. M., B. D., of Seattle AUTHOR OF “THE BIRDS OF OHIO” ASSISTED BY JOHN HOOPER BOWLES, of Tacoma ILLUSTRATED BY MORE THAN 300 ORIGINAL HALF-TONES OF BIRDS IN LIFE, NESTS, EGGS, AND FAVORITE HAUNTS, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHERS. TOGETHER WITH 40 DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT AND A SERIES OF FULL-PAGE COLOR-PLATES. BY ALLAN BROOKS ORIGINAL EDITION PRINTED ONLY FOR ADVANCE SUBSCRIBERS. VOLUME I SEATTLE THE OCCIDENTAL PUBLISHING CO. 1909 _ALL RIGHTS RESERVED_ Copyright, 1909, by William Leon Dawson Half-tone work chiefly by The Bucher Engraving Company. Composition and Presswork by The New Franklin Printing Company. Binding by The Ruggles-Gale Company. To the _Members_ of the _Caurinus Club_, in grateful recognition of their friendly services, and in expectation that under their leadership the interests of ornithology will prosper in the Pacific Northwest, this work is respectfully _Dedicated_ EXPLANATORY. TABLE OF COMPARISONS.